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(b) The administration of Sri Padmanabhaswami Temple the Sri Pandaravaga properties and all other properties and funds of the said temple now vested in trust in the Ruler of the Covenanting State of Travancore and the sum of Rs. 1 lakh transferred from year to year under the provisions of clause (a) of this article and the sum of five lakhs of Rupees contributed from year to year towards the expenditure in the Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple under sub-clause (c) of this article, shall, with effect from the first day of August 1949, be conducted, subject to the control and supervision of the Ruler of Travancore, by an Executive Officer appointed by him. There shall be a Committee known by the name of Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple Committee composed of three Hindu Members, to be nominated by the Ruler of Travancore to advise him in the discharge of his functions. Suits by or against the Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple or in respect of its properties shall be instituted in the name of the said Executive Officer.

(c) The administration of the incorporated and unincorporated Devaswoms and of Hindu Religious Institutions and Endowments and all their properties and funds as well as the fund constituted under the Devaswom Proclamation 1097 M.E. and the surplus fund constituted under the Devaswom (Amendment) Proclamation, 1122 M.E., which are under the management of the Ruler of the covenanting State of Travancore and the sum of Rs. 50 lakhs transferred from year to year under clause (a) shall with effect from the first day of August 1949 rest in a Board known by the name of the Travancore Devaswom Board. An annual contribution of five lakhs of Rupees shall be made by the Travancore Devaswom Board from the aforesaid sum of Rs. 50 lakhs towards the expenditure in the Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple.

(d) The administration of the incorporated and unincorporated Devaswoms and Hindu Religious Institutions which are under the management of the Ruler of the covenanting State of Cochin under Section 50 G of the Government of Cochin Act, XX of 1113 M.E., or under the provisions of the Cochin Hindu Religious Institutions Act, I of 1081 M.E., and all their properties and funds and of the Estates under the management of the Devaswom Department of the covenanting State of Cochin, shall with effect from the first day of August 1949 vest in a Board known by the name of the Cochin Devaswom Board:

Provided that the regulation and control of all rituals and ceremonies in the temple of Sree Poornathrayeesa at Trippunithura and in the Pazayannore Bhagavathy temple at Pazayannore shall continue to be exercised as hitherto by the Ruler of Cochin.